Recent content by Patagone

It is christian spam. The entire purpose is that you read it and that can't be done in one evening.

@Neil Did you actually try this at a bank? So sending USD from an Arg USD account to this TW account? Won't they object as the TW account isn't a mirror account, i.e. it's not in your name? Did anyone try to send USD to the regular account details you see when you click your USD balance...

First note that there are different rules for getting cash out of AR and getting cash in US/ EU etc. Out of AR, from: https://www.afip.gob.ar/viajeros/20161222ingresosEgresosValores.asp The interesting bits are that apparently the limit for a family of 4 is $30k USD you can bring out, BUT...

Thanks all. I was just thinking: it is legal nowadays to actually sell a property in USD? So that the value is stated in USD in the contract? Else it will be impossible to show where the USD came from, as if we would be paid in AR$ (whether on paper or in reality), we can only buy USD 200/month...

What are everybody's thoughts about the current real estate market, one year later? Clearly the economy hasn't recovered, au contraire. But it seems the prices also haven't really tanked, but the number of actual sales did.

Yes, we actually have to go to the EU, but it's the same: you declare, you get to keep it and pay no taxes other than regular ones on wealth. But getting ushered into a small room @ Ezeiza by some border people that want to check the $ and then replace it with fake ones is not my idea of a good...

Yes, definitely I am trying to get things sorted out before we get an inches of cash handed over a badly cleaned table of the local mafia, err.. notary. It's already on the market and I'd prefer to have it sold quickly. It's actually a good investment as it's in San Martin de los Andes, which is...

Thanks Nikad. Would you then just deposit the cash dollars in the bank office and then be able to transfer them out? Thanks PjNiki. The AR bank account is in my wife's name, though I have a credit card connected to it in my name; the foreign USD accounts are in my name only. So that might...

Hi all, I guess this is a luxury problem, but as we are planning on selling our apartment in Patagonia, we will probably be paid a pile of USD100 notes, which we need to get to Europe in some form without much costs nor excessive risks. The money is 'white' and there is no need to hide it, we...

I know what you mean, but I don't mean investing, just using the crypto to transfer it. If you can buy Ether with USD in Arg somehow, then you can sell it 5 minutes later via a Crypto exchange connected to your UK bank account. any of the main crypto's has a tiny spread between buy/sell and the...

Hindsight is always 20/20 but your prediction ahead of time of 38 pesos/USD was pretty spot on as well. What rate would the current numbers get us to? Including the newly approved IMF bits?

I am thinking about selling a property in San Martin de los Andes and would have the same problem. Easiest might be to open up a crypto account and then transfer using BTC etc and selling in Europe, but I am not sure whether BitInka, Ripio etc actually work well and are trustworthy at the...

Thanks all, much appreciated. Any Canon shooters here? I have some interesting lenses for sale.

Find Swedes or Russians or places where they meet. There will always be a sauna nearby, or they will create one. I saw 6 Russians build a functional sauna inside a large tent at 5200m at BC Everest, using wireframe, rocks and gasheaters.

Note that I am in Patagonia, so likely would need to ship to buyers. Not sure if I would have done any in-person trades anyway, might get mugged for a $1k lens I guess or run the risk of getting fake money.